Erdan: Barak misread Mideast politics

Environmental Protection Minister Gilad Erdan commented on Defense Minister Ehud Barak resignation from public life, and said: "His political and ideological approach was completely wrong. We are currently acting to raise the election threshold in order to have a proper state leadership, unlike Barak's which has totally misread the political situation in the Middle East.

"Unfortunately, over the past years he interjected his political views in issues regarding the settlements in Judea and Samaria," he said. (Shiri Hadar)